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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1140 PM CDT WED OCT 23 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TONIGHT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND 

THE HILL COUNTRY...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO IS CONTINUING

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL 

COUNTRY FOR TONIGHT.



THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING.



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



ATASCOSA...BANDERA...BASTROP...BEXAR...BLANCO...BURNET...CALDWELL...

COMAL...DEWITT...DIMMIT...EDWARDS...FAYETTE...FRIO...GILLESPIE...

GONZALES...GUADALUPE...HAYS...KARNES...KENDALL...KERR...KINNEY...

LAVACA...LEE...LLANO...MAVERICK...MEDINA...REAL...TRAVIS...UVALDE...

VAL VERDE...WILLIAMSON...WILSON AND ZAVALA.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR TONIGHT.  ISOLATED AREAS OF 

LIGHT RAIN AND ISOLATED SHOWERS CONTINUE TO LINGER OVER THE 

AREA TONIGHT.  A WEATHER SYSTEM ALOFT FROM SOUTH OF THE TEXAS BIG

BEND TO NEW MEXICO IS MOVING NORTHEAST AND WILL CAUSE AN INCREASING

CHANCE OF RAIN...SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS TOWARD THE EARLY MORNING 

THURSDAY OR IN THE DAY THURSDAY.  RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES.  

WITH THE RAINS OF SEPTEMBER AND AGAIN IN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR

IT WILL NOT TAKE AS MUCH RAIN TO CAUSE FLOODING AT LOW WATER

CROSSING OR IN LOW LYING AREAS.



THE OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SHOWS A SERIES OF 

AUTUMN RAIN MAKING SYSTEMS COMING ACROSS THE AREA FROM

WEST TO EAST.  EACH WEATHER SYSTEM HAS POTENTIAL TO BRING

RAINS WITH IT...AND THEN TAKE THE RAINS OFF TO THE EAST.

THE FINAL WEATHER SYSTEM ALOFT ON SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY

MORNING IS EXPECTED TO BRING A WAVE OF RAIN...FOLLOWED BY

DRIER WEATHER AND A DECREASING CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE DAY

MONDAY AND FOR TUESDAY.



STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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